I am heading back from the CrossFit Running & Endurance Sports Training Certification in Newport Beach. If you are interested, we can talk about the details later. Those attending Saturday track sessions will get a healthy dose whether you are interested or not. 🙂 Pictures here
You may also want to check out “Tale of a CrossFit Die Hard Part 2, AllisonNYC” on Feb. 15 on CrossFit.com. Besides the soft pr0n, it is actually gives you a good idea about went on this weekend.
Check out Jon Gilson’s Blog post below of the certification. Unlike Jon, I actually like running and fear Linda like… well, I’d rather run a 10K than do Linda, let’s just say that.
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I have never run a 10k. The idea of six miles of pounding pavement appeals to me about as much as a waist-down hot waxing.
Until October, it was easy enough to avoid. No one asked me to run 10ks, and I never volunteered. Then something changed. In small Lucida Grande type, set above a picture of Annie Sakamoto, CrossFit was telling me to crank out a middle-distance run. Engaged in a heated battle for a dress-less Toronto Certification Seminar, I bristled at the thought. A 5k earlier in the month had left me with enough lateral knee pain to cripple a horse, and I had no desire to repeat the experience.
Even more, everything I knew about physiological effects of distance running pointed to a scratch. Habitual runners, reflected in my mind by the recreational marathoner, suffer from a general lack strength and power that runs contrary to every athletic goal I have. The mental image of emaciated limbs slogging through 8-minute miles put me smack in the middle of the training floor, barbells set for a go at “Linda”.
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